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    Comment #39672569

    I wasn't sure whether to agree with this or not, so I finally took a slightly closer look at Mojo just now. This depends on how they license it going forward, and whether they make…

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    Comment #39594610

    Stuff like this is why I can not switch to Apple, I would not expect or even think to look up which Macbooks can support at least 2 displays if they otherwise had decent enough spe…

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    Comment #39497792

    > Economies of scale. In particular, often total costs are a combination of fixed and variable costs. The more output, the more the fixed costs can be amortized, lowering average c…

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    Comment #39321173

    Yep, there would definitely need to be some regulations to prevent that sort of thing as well. I could see this becoming a business where companies are paid to take on this liabili…

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    Comment #39321146

    Yep, and if they want to end distribution altogether or start fresh and still keep copyright, they could distribute DRM free copies for some minimum time frame.

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    Comment #39312332

    If the provider made it available for purchase (not subscription), the liability should go to them first to make DRM free copies available for those who purchased it before shuttin…

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    Comment #39312222

    Then they can be blocked from selling the rights without the liability of maintaining the service being attached. In order to end the obligation of maintaining the service, DRM fre…

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    Comment #39312064

    At the very least I would also accept a DRM free copy being provided to everyone who had purchased it (e.g. at least one year or so to download it), and in failure to do that it be…

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    Comment #38673507

    They probably half assed the android one, but would have allocated more resources to it if it had a future. I had flash 5 running just fine on my 2004 palm with 32MB of RAM and a 3…

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    Comment #38595336

    I recently read about the adulterated tumeric, but the problem is most things just say where they're packaged, not where the ingredients are from.

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    Comment #38442089

    pokemon 1st gen had 151 pokemon, making it a pretty recognizable number for pokemon fans, and nothing else of comparable notoriety for 151, and the word choice of "evolve" plus the…

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    Comment #38440287

    > After 151 years ... needs to “evolve” beyond its I can't be the only one who noticed "151" and it definitely sounds like the author was alluding to it (pokemon) as well. Coincide…

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    Comment #38428606

    Same here, especially since most of the time it's an unhelpful answer that dodges the actual problem or generic advice that doesn't apply, then they mark it as solved. Which then f…

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    Comment #38428474

    > They absolutely never have the solution and it will still be marked as problem solved. This exactly, it's the most frustrating thing ever as a user, and makes me wonder what the …

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    Comment #38300354

    > So you only aped in because you were hoping to get rich without doing any work, and then you fraudulently opened up an account on a shady ass centralized exchange when you knew y…

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    Comment #38299958

    I for one will never donate to signal, and consider my $1000 (or $20k of never realized "fake" money, explained later) lost to mobilecoins to be my lifetime "donation" to them. Sho…